Bookshelf Hidden Door Diy

Some people call this a bookcase.

Bookshelf hidden door diy. One of my favorite projects that they recently completed is their diy hidden doorway bookcase. Cut a rabbet to accommodate the 1 4 plywood for the back 6 mm but measure it make it about 10 mm 3 8 wide so fixing it to the back is easy. Find and save ideas about bookcase door on pinterest. This sliding door bookshelf may be one of the most clever and least.

Then determine whether or not you can put the bookcase far enough away from the soon to be hidden door that it can swing outwards without hitting any neighboring. To build this hidden bookshelf heather followed this youtube tutorial. See below for a shopping list tools a. Rip one board 185 mm 7 1 4 wide out of each left over piece.

After i am done it will still be messy but now it is finished and it has the secret feature. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva is in salem ma to help install a bookshelf that doubles as a door. Trim to 2120 mm 83 7 16 long and mark outside right and outside left. To build a hidden door bookshelf that you can customize to your own specifications follow these instructions.

I m so excited to share this awesome project with you all. My home office was messy. I don t know about you but i will never outgrow my child like desire to have secret passages and hidden rooms in my house. Rob has come up with a super smart and super effective idea.

My friend heather and her husband do some of the coolest diy s around their house. It s an awesome tutorial with tons of detail. First measure how wide the bookshelf will need to be to cover the door. Mark these two pieces inside left and inside right.

Build a bookshelf into a door. Well it was secret.